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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Aaron, first High Priest, brother of Moses

Saint ID

S01427

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Old Testament saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03348The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 12 August *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427) and *Pantaleon (martyr in Nikomedia, S01427).
E03372The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 3 September *Aaaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427), *Eleazar (Old Testament priest, son of Aaron, S01489) and *Phineas (Old Testament priest, grandson of Aaron, S01490).
E03827The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 9 August *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427), *Pantaleōn/Panteleēmōn (martyr of Nicomedia, S00596), *Matthias (the Apostle, S01784), *Dometios (monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414), and Emilianos, a 9th c. confessor under Leo the Armenian.
E03830The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 12 August *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427) and *Pantaleon (martyr in Nikomedia, S01427), *Glykerios (deacon and martyr of Nicomedia or Antioch, S00834), *Hippolytus (martyr of Rome, S00509), *Elianos (martyr of Amman, S00889).
E03856The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 5 September *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), and the Apostles *Philip (S00109) and *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199), and *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427).
E03886The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 5 October, at the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S,00411), *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199), and *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427)
E03944In case of his imminent death, Flavios Obodianos, son of Obodianos, sets out on a papyrus in Greek (and partially in Latin), the donation of all his property to the monastery (hagios oikos/domus) of *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427) on Jabal Hārūn near Petra, and to a hostel (xeneon) of *Kyrikos (child martyr of Tarsus, S00007). The Church of Petra dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) is also mentioned as the church of the clerics witnessing the donation. Found in Petra (Roman province of Palaestina III). Dated 573.
E03946Three fragmentary Greek inscriptions (two carved, and one painted), mentioning *John the Baptist (S00020), and possibly *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427), and *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Found in the church and chapel in the monastic complex of Aaron on Jabal Hārūn near Petra (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably late antique.
E03976Greek inscription commemorating a donation. Found at the monastery of *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427) on Jabal Hārūn near Petra (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably later 6th c.
E04198Three Coptic ostraca from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) with writing exercises practising a formula referring to *Moses (presumably the Old Testament prophet and lawgiver, S00241) and *Aaron (presumably the first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427) as holy among priests; datable to the first half of the 8th century.
E04868The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 1 July.
E07046Fragment from a Coptic Encomion on *Aaron (presumably the first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427), of unknown Egyptian provenance. Skeleton entry
E07941The pilgrim Egeria, in her Itinerary, records two statues in Lower Egypt, said to be of *Moses (Old Testament prophet and lawgiver, S00241) and *Aaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427), and a health-giving tree said to have been planted by the patriarchs. Written in Latin during Egeria's journey to the East, probably in 381-384.
E08324The Hibernensis canon law collection's 49th book, 'Concerning Relics Buried in a Remote Place,' quotes a number of unidentified sayings and precedents, including some falsely attributed to Origen and Jerome. Compiled in Latin in Ireland and/or Iona (north-west Britain), c. 690/748.